In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
The revisionist's death by her own
hand poison egg the implement I am
chest deep in her swarm poison egg
reverse swallowed I see them seething
between her fingers she sets them
free I bleed me blood flowing no
clotting flowing faster the swarm
is feeding defeat. defeat.
You would look so magnificent crawling
on those bloodied knees the swarm is
flocking to the wound their speed only
matched by their efficiency glory is
relative to the one that lives in defeat
the revisionist's death by her own hand
poison egg the implement i am chest deep
in her swarm poison egg recerse swallowed
defeat. defeat. defeat. defeat.
hand poison egg the implement I am
chest deep in her swarm poison egg
reverse swallowed I see them seething
between her fingers she sets them
free I bleed me blood flowing no
clotting flowing faster the swarm
is feeding defeat. defeat.
You would look so magnificent crawling
on those bloodied knees the swarm is
flocking to the wound their speed only
matched by their efficiency glory is
relative to the one that lives in defeat
the revisionist's death by her own hand
poison egg the implement i am chest deep
in her swarm poison egg recerse swallowed
defeat. defeat. defeat. defeat.
Lyrics submitted by shadowwiththeeyes
Poison Eggs Lyrics as written by Aaron Turner Aaron Harris
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